"Learn to imagine, imagine to learn" with the Bilingual Program at I.E.S. Albert Einstein"

This term our cross-curricular project will consist of an oratorical contest in English and Spanish. You will work in groups of six students. Each member of the team will perform one of the following tasks.

ORATORICAL CONTEST / CONCURSO DE ORATORIA

Presentation of a thought experiment. (2 minutes maximum)

For and against speech about issues affecting society. (2 minutes maximum)

Sale of an object. The student will choose an object from a box. They will have to convince the audience about the need and benefits of that object. (2 minutes maximum)

Student-journalists from various European countries share their perceptions of international news, interact and collaborate in international teams for a school year. They express themselves through a variety of media: they participate in a school web-radio channel including a selection of programmes designed by the teams – composing their theme music, writing radio scripts and editing radio podcasts about topics related to their interests and global issues. They also collaborate to create and publish an e-magazine presenting current events from their perspective. Each international team will create a 10-15 minutes programme about a topic in common. The national groups will have to work on the topic choose a different format: interview, documentary, drama, talk show, etc.

Here is one more interesting short video presented by Rocío, Marta and María.

Introduction

This short film is about a lonely boy who starts communicating with a cute girl in opposite building using written signs and eventually they met each other. Love doesn’t always talk, it sometimes might be expressed even from a piece of paper. In a world of social networking and cellphone, signs are still powerful as long as they mean a lot.

Activity 1: Answer these questions before watching the video

Read the title. What can you imagine this short would be about?

What you think will happen in this video?

This video tells a story about love, What do you think will end well? Why?

Have you ever felt in love in a strange way?

Activity 2: Now watch the video

Activity 3: Finally answer these questions after watching the video

Do you feel identified with any characters in the short film?

When the girl says to the boy that she had a secret, what did you think this secret was?

Have you ever fallen in love in the school?

Di you believe in love at first sight?

What did you think was going to happen when the boss calls the girl?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of falling in love with a classmate or workmate?

Have you ever seen the moment of giving the first step with a girl or a boy and you haven’t given it? If you didn’t give it, did you regret it? If you gave it, did it work?